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History and manufacture of floor coverings (1899)

Review Publishing Company, New York · New York, Review Publishing Co. · leaf 59

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h of the pattern, or sometimes the number of repeats in it. The drum is first covered with an oil cloth, which is in turn covered with white yarn, wound around it as closely as the thread on an ordinary reel of cot-ton. The drum re-volves on its axis and the man who guides its movement has hung… … HISTORY AND MANUFACTURE. 55 in the pattern has also a number. The drum also bearsnear its edge a series of numbers and is provided witha ratchet arrangement which enables the operator to guidethe revolution of the drum in accordance with the ruledsquares of color upon the design. Underneath the…

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